[Visinfo][dorkbotsocal-announce] DORKBOTSOCAL10 - Machine Project Feb 4th 2006, 1pm: Reas / Khan / Dockray]

[Mike Godwin]

A couple expressed interest in this meeting, so I'm forwarding on the
invite.  Casey Reas is the co-founder of processing (processing.org) and
will be introducing several people who've been working with
hardware.processing...

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4th 2006, 1pm: Reas / Khan / Dockray
Date: 	Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:56:56 -0500 (EST)
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DORKBOTSOCAL10 - Machine Project Feb 4th 2006, 1pm: Reas / Khan / Dockray

[ S P E C S ]

*** February 4th 2006 - 1pm (Saturday)
*** Machine Project
*** 1200 D North Alvarado Street
*** Los Angeles, CA 90026
*** http://www.machineproject.com

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[ O V E R V I E W ]

This event will focus on how Processing - an open source programming
language and environment for people who want to work with images,
animation, and sound - can be used to interact and control electronics
and other physical devices. Two physical computing initiatives related
to Processing will be presented: Osman Khan
<http://www.osmankhan.com/> will explore the Arduino project
<http://arduino.berlios.de/> and Sean Dockray <http://spd.e-rat.org/>
will present the Wiring project <http://wiring.org.co/>. In addition,
some recent Arduino/Wiring projects developed at UCLA will be
demonstrated.

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[ P R E S E N T E R S ]

The event will begin with an introduction by Casey Reas
<http://reas.com>, co-initiator of the Processing project
<http://processing.org>. Casey will introduce the project that was
co-developed with Ben Fry <http://benfry.com> from ideas explored in
the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab.  Processing also 
recently won a Golden Nica award at Prix Ars Electronica 2005.

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Osman Khan on Arduino
<http://www.osmankhan.com/>
<http://arduino.berlios.de/>

Osman Khan will be giving a presentation and lecture on Arduino
<http://arduino.berlios.de/>. Arduino is an open-source physical
computing platform based on a simple I/O board and a development
environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino
can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be
connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing,
MaxMSP). The Arduino board is inexpensive and easily assembled by
hand. This provides a cheap and easy way to get started learning how
to assemble circuits. Osman Khan is an artist interested in using
technology to construct engines that help create artifacts for social
criticism and aesthetic expression. His work explores certain themes
to see how technology fabricates as well as subverts our understanding
of identity, communication, and public space through interactive
installations and site-specific interventions. His work has been shown
at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, Beyond Media Festival, Florence,
Italy; UC Santa Barbara, USA; LALALA Westweek, Pacific Design Center
in Los Angeles, USA; nano, LACMALab, Los Angeles, USA; telic gallery,
Los Angeles, USA; Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, USA; bank, Los
Angeles, USA. Osman received his MFA from UCLA's Department of Design
| Media Arts.

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Sean Dockray on Wiring
<http://spd.e-rat.org/>
<http://wiring.org.co/>

Sean Dockray will be giving an overview and demonstration of the
Wiring platform <http://wiring.org.co/>. Wiring is a physical
computing platform with a sophisticated I/O board and a development
environment utilizing a Processing style language for programming
microcontrollers. Sean Dockray is an artist whose practice follows
from research into social systems and events. He is a founder of the
Los Angeles chapter of the Institute for Advanced Architecture; a
producer of Building Sound, an internet radio program about
architecture; and has worked with the Center for Land Use
Interpretation on their Land Use Database. Dockray received a BSE from
Princeton University in Civil Engineering and Architecture in 1999 and
completed coursework towards an MFA in Critical Studies from the
California Institute of the Arts in 2002. His individual and
collaborative work has been shown at the Telic Gallery (Los Angeles),
the Turtle Bay Museum (Redding), Basekamp Gallery (Philadelphia), Oni
Gallery (Boston), Marcuse Gallery (San Diego), Contemporary Artists
Center (North Adams), LeRoy Neiman Gallery (New York), and the
Storefront for Art and Architecture (New York).

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Arduino/Wiring Projects from UCLA

This portion of the event will include quick presentations of some of
the best projects built in a recent class by Sean Dockray and a
workshop by Tom Igoe of NYU. These demos involve the creation of
electronic instruments build for performance and small boxes imbued
with behavior. All projects sense some aspect of its environment (e.g.
light, distance, orientation, touch) and have a physical output (e.g.
light, sound, motion). Each project uses an Arduino or Wiring boards
as a software control system for mapping the input to the output. A
variety of sensors have been explored: orientation, tilt,
acceleration, light, sound, IR and sonar distance, RFID, etc. A
variety of different actuators have been used: solenoid, step, DC, and
servo.

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[ M O R E _ I N F O R M A T I O N ]

Map to DORKBOTSOCAL10:
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Please contact Garnet Hertz if you are interested in giving a
presentation at an upcoming DORKBOTSOCAL event.

LOST? If you're completely lost, call nine-four-nine-291-5666 on the
day of the event for directions.

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